package org.hybridlabs.file;

/**
 * Copyright 2008 hybrid labs
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;

/**
 * Class with static implementation of general File based methods.
 *
 * @author Karsten Klein, hybrid labs
 *
 */
public class FileHelper {
	private static final String LINESEP = System.getProperty("line.separator");

	public static StringBuffer loadStringBuffer(File file)
			throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
		String line = reader.readLine();
		while (line != null) {
			buffer.append(line).append(LINESEP);
			line = reader.readLine();
		}
		reader.close();
		return buffer;
	}

	public static StringBuffer loadStringBuffer(Reader theReader)
			throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(theReader);
		String line = reader.readLine();
		while (line != null) {
			buffer.append(line).append(LINESEP);
			line = reader.readLine();
		}
		reader.close();
		return buffer;
	}
}
